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flash⋅cube

[flash-kyoob]
–noun
a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.

Origin:
1960–65; flash + cube 1
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flash·cube   (flāsh'kyōōb')   
n.  A small cube that contains four flashbulbs and that rotates automatically to the next unused bulb when a picture is taken with the camera to which it is attached.
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